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S. N. LONG. HERMET'ICALLY'SBALED' BUCKET.

No. 496,835. Patented May 2, 1.893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

SAMUEL N. LONG, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE S. N. LONG SYRUPCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

HERMETlCALLY-SEALED BUCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 496,835, dated May 2,1893.

Application filed December 22, 1892- Serial No. 455,989. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL N. LONG, of the city of St. Louis, in theState of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inHermetically Sealed Buckets, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a hermetically sealed bucket for sirups orcanned goods, required to be kept perfectly air tight to preventdeterioration; and my invention consists in features of noveltyhereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claim.

Figure I is a side elevation, illustrative of my invention. Fig. II is avertical section, taken through the center of the bucket. Fig. III is adetail, top view of the bucket lid and the metal sealing strip,illustrating particularly the projecting, overlapping outer end of saidstrip. Fig. IV is a side elevation of the tool for removing the sealingstrip from the bucket. Fig. V is a detail View, illustrating the mannerin which the tool, shown in Fig. IV, removes the sealing strip; the toolin this figure being shown in transverse section across the slot in saidtool. 7

In sirup, canned goods, &c., packages there is generally a total loss inthe package after the original contents have been removed, and it is theobject of my invention to provide a package that is not only excellentfor containing the original goods, but is serviceable for further useafter the original goods have been removed.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the bucket formed with a topbead. 1 and, provided with an ordinary bail 2, connected to the bucketby cars 3.

4 represents the lid of the bucket, which lid has a depending flange 5,that fits within the bucket and a horizontal flange 4 that restsdirectly on the top bead.

To hermetically seal the lid to the bucket, I provide a strip 6 of verythin soft tin, or other suitable material, which I secure to the topbead of the bucket, and to the lid by soft solder, which solder willoffer as little resistance outer end is bent outward, leaving aprojecting point 7.

14 is the lower strip of solder securing the lower flange 6 to the bodyof the bucket and 14 is the upper strip of solder securing the upperflange 6 to the body of the lid.

' For the purpose of removing the strip 6,

and giving access to the bucket, when it is desired to open the bucket,I provide a tool 8 with a handle 9 at one end, and a slot 10 at theother end. To remove the strip, the slot 10 is passed over the point 7of the strip, and the tool being turned round and round, the strip isdrawn from the bucket and coiled round the tool, as will appear mostclearly in Fig. V. The solder used being very soft,and the strip beingof thin tin, or other suitable material, the strip is easily removed,allowing the lid to be then withdrawn from the bucket.

In the manufacture and sealing of these buckets, the sealing strip isput on the buckets before the goods are packed, and to leave access forthe insertion of the goods, I-pro-- to be used, after which the bucketis left in good condition for further use.

I claim as my invention The combination, with a bucket having a topbead, and a lid having a depending flange fitting Within the bucket, anda horizontal flange resting directly on the top bead; of

the removable closing strip, having a vertical body-portion, ahorizontal lower flange exthe body of the bucket and a strip of soldertending to the body of the bucket under the sealing the upper flange tothe body of the top bead, a horizontal upper flange extending lid,substantially as described. to the body of the lid over the horizontalSAMUEL N. LONG. 5 flange of the latter, and an overlapping free Inpresence ofend 7 for the application of the opening tool, E. S. KNIGHT,

a strip of solder sealing the lower flange to ALBERT M. EBERSOLE.

